Then there is the #! on shell scripts. I've heard it called "pound bang", "she
bang", and my personal favorite "splat bang". ;-) -Jeremy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Densmore [mailto:DensmoreB@ctbsonline.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 11:01 AM
> To: 'Brian Kelsay'; 'kclug@kclug.org'
> Subject: RE: Whack whack
>
>
> In M$ Explorer at least // and \ don't matter, because good ol' M$ changes
> \ typed in on the command line to //. And ! is commonly called bang (as in
> "dollar bang" $! - to reboot a Unisys mainframe [ although this is not a
> recommended technique for rebooting a Unisys mainframe, if you use this
> technique make sure your resume is up to date ;')> ]. I have never heard
> whack for , although I do remember hearing it used for the | a long time
> ago (80's). But, you never know what you're gonna git when you crawl into a
> hole with Windoze.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Kelsay [mailto:bkelsay@home.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 8:53 AM
> > To: kclug@kclug.org
> > Subject: Re: Whack whack
> >
> >
> > RE: Whack whackI have heard the same odd sound coming from
> > the NT admin
> > where I work.   It surprised me as much as hearing Ed Allen
> > say bang for
> > !(exclamation point).  And I read that it doesn't matter if ;you use > > or / .    I guess that 
is to allow for DOS and Unix users.
> >
> > Brian Kelsay
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Margrave, Thomas
> > To: 'kclug@kclug.org'
> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 8:09 AM
> > Subject: RE: Whack whack
> >
> > To top off the whole story,  I ask what is "" and he replied "whack"
> > and then I ask what is "/" and the response was a "whack".  I
> > ask how do
> > you tell the difference between them and his reply was "They are the
> > same and it does not matter between '/' and '' "
> >
> > I thought this was too funny and had to  share with the group.
> > >  "Margrave, Thomas" <TMargrave@starbase.com> writes:
> > >  Ok those guru's that have been around have you ever heard of "whack
> > whack"
> > >  refer to as "\" (used in unc path).   I got this from an ex M$
> > employee and
> > >  I had never heard this before.  Am I just in a hole or what?
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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